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Robert ShrimsleyFinancial Times |
Badenoch’s attack on an overweening state seeks to imitate Thatcher’s case against the overmighty trade unions
Labour ministers find that their newly active government stands on atrophying limbs
Westminster’s duopoly of Labour and Conservatives has never looked more vulnerable
She already has a political empire, but she must command it — and neutralise damage from the government’s early mistakes
The contest to head up the defeated party must establish the Tories as the only serious opposition
The lack of a world-class communicator poses real risks for Labour
Public service reforms to both rail and health are coming swiftly down the track
The historic mission of mainstream politics is to listen to the real communities, not their malign mouthpieces
The chancellor’s scrapping of social care plans shows how short-term tactics continue to let down the UK
Stiff sentences for climate activists underscore the crucial distinction between protest and disruption
Those around the prime minister want to wage a permanent campaign for change that voters will give them credit for
Reform UK poses a real threat on the radical right but an improving economy and sense of hope is the best defence
Conservatives need to understand why they lost this election
A proper audit of the impact of leaving the EU would deliver political and economic benefits to incoming Labour ministers
The SNP is down but not out: Labour must prove that a UK government can deliver benefits to Scotland’s voters
Forget the Conservatives, it is his backbench MPs who will put pressure on Starmer
UK mainstream parties will not fend off the populist right unless Labour moves fast and builds things
The referendum uncorked an insatiable populist politics that Tories hoped to co-opt. Instead, it has consumed them
History shows it doesn’t much matter whether a bold new policy idea is popular if the people proposing it are not
With nothing on the horizon likely to dramatically improve, Sunak has decided to seize the economic moment
From the infected blood scandal to the Post Office saga, the dead hand of officialdom is everywhere in the UK
Having given up on removing the prime minister, their mission now is to make him the fall guy
Labour’s shadow energy secretary could be among the most powerful — and radical — of Starmer’s close allies
Humza Yousaf played a bad hand dreadfully but a reckoning for the party was unavoidable
The capital votes for its mayor next week, but the Conservatives’ dissociation from the city means they seem set for failure
Rulings on climate and migration offer Europe’s populists a rallying cry against the court’s legitimacy
While Keir Starmer’s cautious strategy may reassure voters, the party needs a programme for what it will do in power
But they could help turn a potential electoral catastrophe into a normal-sized defeat
In the tussle between good intentions and bad actors, society is in danger of losing sight of what it most needs to protect
State intervention in everything from childcare to small-town soccer clubs will help the opposition argue for even more
Keir Starmer is looking for ways to rebuild relations with the EU step by cautious step
Tax cuts now put off the reality of how to pay for them later — for both Jeremy Hunt and the shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves
Conservatives must confront the inflammatory rhetoric of the right and resist the gravitational pull to the extremes
MPs are asking whether Lindsay Hoyle’s procedural manoeuvre has made them more or less safe
The UK has experienced the steady and stealthy erosion of individual freedoms
Labour doesn’t need detailed pledges because if the party is voted in it will have scope for change
Wobbles damage the prime minister but Tory critics have no solutions — and are implicated in the years of chaos
Humza Yousaf cannot offer a convincing route to the independence his party demands
Both parties are in denial about the importance and the scale of the financial crisis in higher education
Labour’s traditions of government activism are strong and the public will expect improvements in hollowed-out state services
If the Conservatives won’t stand up for their record, they invite UK voters to agree that they deserve a long spell in opposition
The Brexit ultras resent the realism that the prime minister has sprinkled into government
MPs’ fear of Reform UK, and the scale of the numbers, have led to tougher measures without political relief